英倫翻譯社/ Trsmaster

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At nine o’clock in the morning in a garden shed behind a house in Amsterdam, a handful of alcoholics are getting ready to clean the surrounding streets, beer and cigarette in hand.

早上9點，在阿姆斯特丹一棟房子後面的花園中，有一群酒鬼手上拿著啤酒和菸，準備清掃周邊街道。

For a day’s work, the men receive 10 euros（around $13）, a half-packet of rolling tobacco and, most importantly, five cans of beer：two to start the day, two at lunch and one for after work.

這些人工作一天可拿10歐元（約13美元）、半包捲菸，最重要的是，還有5罐啤酒：早上2瓶，午餐時2瓶，工作完還有1瓶。

"This group of chronic alcoholics was causing a nuisance in Amsterdam’s Oosterpark：fights, noise, disagreeable comments to women," said Gerrie Holterman, who heads the Rainbow Foundation project.

「這群酒鬼在阿姆斯特丹的沃斯特爾公園鬧事：打架、製造噪音、對女性出言不遜。」主持這項「彩虹基金會」計畫的赫特曼說。

"The aim is to keep them occupied, to get them doing something so they no longer cause trouble at the park," she told AFP.

「目的是找點事情讓他們做，不會再在這個公園惹麻煩。」她告訴法新社。

新聞辭典

surrounding：形容詞，周邊的。例句：A lot of the children at the school do not live in the town, but come in from the surrounding countryside.（這所學校的學生很多不住在鎮上，而是從周邊鄉村來就讀。）

nuisance：名詞，討厭的人事物，麻煩事。例句：It’s such a nuisance having to rewrite those letters.（得重寫那些信真是麻煩。）

disagreeable：形容詞，令人不快的。例句：She said some very disagreeable things.（她說了些讓人不悅的話。）